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by danjoredd 805 days ago
Im saying that it is better for beginners to start with a modern engine than try to make something for an older console. Newbies will see a course like this, think "oh I loved the playstation! This course will help me learn how to make a game for it? I will buy." When in reality, they will just waste their money because development is hard, especially for the PS1.

What I was saying is "If you are dead-set on making a game for PS1 for your first game" use a free course instead of buying something like this. Newbs don't realize how complicated learning CPU architecture and assembly is. What they want to know is how to get started making games, so I linked a free course while discouraging new developers from even trying to develop for the PS1, but to go for a more modern engine.